CREATES Research Portfolio

Follow the research journey, from question to evidence.

Explore current and completed studies, the people and institutions behind them, reported progress, study locations, sponsors, registries and resulting publications.

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Published profiles

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Active or follow-up

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Completed studies

Study portfolio

Research from protocol to results

4 studies

Completed

Controlled human infection study

First controlled human malaria infection study conducted in Nairobi, Kenya

A landmark controlled human malaria infection study that established the feasibility of safely conducting modern malaria challenge research in malaria-endemic Kenyan adults.

Lead: Dr. Bernhards Ogutu

Nairobi, Kenya

Reported progress100%

Completed; findings published in peer-reviewed journals.

Completed

Preclinical product-development programme

Nanoparticle formulations for improved delivery of antimalarial medicines

A translational research programme investigating solid lipid nanoparticle formulations intended to improve the delivery and performance of established antimalarial compounds.

Lead: Prof. Florence Oloo, Dr. Bernhards Ogutu

Nairobi, Kenya · Pretoria, South Africa

Reported progress100%

Completed formulation phases with peer-reviewed preclinical outputs.

Follow-up

Phase IV vaccine safety and effectiveness study

RTS,S/AS01E malaria vaccine safety and effectiveness evaluation

A multicountry Phase IV programme evaluating the safety and real-world effectiveness of the RTS,S/AS01E malaria vaccine following introduction in Ghana, Kenya and Malawi.

Lead: Dr. Bernhards Ogutu

Ghana · Kenya · Malawi

Reported progress85%

Safety and interim effectiveness findings published; follow-up and evidence translation continue.

Completed

Observational paediatric clinical study

Lung function among children and adolescents with sickle cell disease in the Lake Victoria basin

A Kenyan paediatric study examining patterns and determinants of lung-function impairment among children and adolescents living with sickle cell disease.

Lead: Dr. Godfrey A. Otieno, Dr. Bernhards Ogutu

Lake Victoria basin, Kenya

Reported progress100%

Completed; results published in Frontiers in Pediatrics.